By Rick Pedone
Sports Editor

One soccer team made a date at the state tournament Friday and two boys basketball teams earned berths in today’s district tournament championship games.

Celebration’s boys soccer team edged Sunlake, 1-0, on penalty kicks at Storm field to advance to the Class 4A state tournament at Tampa Thursday at 5:15 p.m. against the Lakewood Ranch-Cape Coral regional winner.

This is Celebration’s first trip to a state tournament in any team sport.

Two Osceola County teams won at boys district basketball tournaments Friday.

Osceola (22-6) defeated Haines City, 69-61, to advance to the 5A-5 tournament championship game against top-seeded Lake Wales. The championship game at Davenport Ridge Community High begins at 7 p.m.

Poinciana (18-7) edged Oak Ridge, 67-62, in double overtime Friday at the 4A-6 district tournament at St. Cloud as Stefan Moody scored 24 points and Lex Curry added 18 for the Eagles, who will play No. 1 seed Eustis for the championship today at 7 p.m. at the St. Cloud gym.

Eustis (18-7) held off St. Cloud, 52-43, Friday in the semifinal round as the Bulldogs nearly overcame a 22-7 first-half deficit to twice pull within one point in the second half.

St. Cloud's Jamal Demetrius (13) scored a lay-in with 4:01 to play to make it 39-38, but Eustis scored the final six points of the game.

Trey Perry (18) led the Panthers.

In other championship games today involving local boys basketball teams, New Dimensions (9-15) will host Lakeland Santa Fe at the Tiger gym at 7 p.m. for the 2A-9 championship.

Life Christian Academy (19-7) plays for the A-7 championship at 7 p.m. against Victory Christian at Winter Haven All Saints Academy.

District champions will host regional playoff games Thursday at 7 p.m. Runners-up will travel.

Also today, the girls state weightlifting meet gets under way at the Kissimmee Civic Center at 10:30 a.m. Osceola High’s Zanquina Ellison is favored to win the state championship at 129 pounds.

Osceola High is hosting the 3A-2 regional wrestling tournament today. The championship round begins at 6 p.m. Defending state champion Brandon is favored.